Doing a bit of retro blogging today, as I am trying to catch up on several Crochet projects that I did and then gifted for Christmas. Since I didn’t want to reveal the “gift” until after the person received them, it only makes sense.

While I was ill over Christmas, I was home for about a week from work. The bad news was that I was sick and highly contagious. The good news was that I rested up, and with the help of antibiotics, I did feel well enough to get some crocheting done. I had some really rough, chunky yarn that I got at the local Euro shop – in not very pretty colors. My original thought was to make an “ugly rug”.

The problem was that I just couldn’t think of making a rug with a couple of afghans and other larger projects in the works. As a result, I decided to try my hand at some baskets. The result was me crocheting a set of 3 stacking baskets in orange, Green, and black. They weren’t very big – maybe about 14 inches high for the largest, but they are all quite wide in diameter.

The smallest is perfect for fitting a skein of yarn and keeping it from rolling about on the floor. The middle and larger ones hold 1-2 skeins each, or they can hold some cool things like legos, GI joe type toys, or Mc donalds figures. I’m trying to figure out what to “line” them with – maybe I won’t do that at all – but I’m still trying to think what to use. I’m open to suggestions, so please feel free to share.

Otherwise, as always, if you’d like a custom order set of baskets, or anything else you see here, please let me know!